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The Department for Transport has launched a new scheme to encourage employers to be more cycle-friendly.Employers are being encouraged to sign the voluntary Cycle To Work Guarantee scheme. Signators pledge to provide better cycle facilities for st...

Over 200,000 government employees are being deprived the opportunity to buy a subsidised bicycle through the government's own Cycle To Work scheme.The Department for Environment, Fisheries and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Department for Work and Pen...

LCC has ten copies of Green Living, a guide on how to save money and the environment, to give away. With some shocking facts about our impact on the environment, it is designed with the information and motivation required to help you lead a greene...

A report from the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee published last week, which made important points about road safety, has been trivialised by the British media.The report, entitled 'Improving road safety for pedestrians and cyclists', ...

Lady Allen adventure playground in Wandsworth provides a specialist service for children with special needs and disabilities.Funding from the LCC managed Community Cycling Fund for London has enabled the project to fix up bikes for the kids to rid...

A project for the homeless in Islington is using bike maintenance courses to help people get back into employment.'Margins' runs bike maintenance and recycling sessions, funded via the LCC-administered Community Cycling Fund for London.The project...

Until now the London borough of Barnet sorely lacked opportunities for adults with learning disabilities to cycle.Norwood, a charity which supports people with learning disabilities, implemented Barnet’s first cycle sessions for adults with learni...

Pupils at St Philips School in Chessington, Kingston, were given a Specialized treatment when they were invited to look round the showroom at the UK Headquarters of the American bike manufacturer.The invitation was prompted by the purchase of ten ...

The Met Police’s Safer Parks team in Primrose Hill and Regents park is working with a primary school for deaf children to offer safe cycling sessions.Because of their hearing issues, many deaf children never learn to cycle because of balance and c...

The Guardian environment bloggers have created a Flickr page in conjunction with Warrington Cycle Campaign (famous for its 'Facility of the Month' web pages and 'Crap Cycle Lanes' book).You can either add your own, or just glance through the selec...

photo The aftermath of a fire that destroyed thousands of pounds of cycling equipment in Brockwell ParkA Brixton-based charity that encourages disabled cyclists, and has close links to LCC, is having to review its Lambeth project after its storero...

photo Better mirrors is just one measure that campaigners are demanding to improve lorry safetyPlease sign this petition to demand that action is taken on HGV safety. Over 3000 have signed already and it's your chance to help push for improved saf...

Saturday 5 December sees many LCC local groups organising guided rides to join the Wave demonstration in central London supporting climate change action at the UN summit in Copenhagen.There's also an 'official' ride from Lincoln's Inn Fields in ce...

photo Farid Tejani If you want a clue as to a city's cycling excellence, count the women on the roadThree excellent articles on cycling culture...British sociologist on the culture of fear surrounding cycling on Britain's roads (via Copenhagenize)...

Bike with roller instead of back wheelA project in East London is working with special-needs schools to provide cycle training to pupils. According to teachers, the training has had a hugely positive impact on the school.African Schools Associatio...